Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-06-23

Philadelphia leaving only $2,3OO with
Patterson in bank In that city.
MORE VETOES BY THE GOVERN
OR.
Charitable Institutions Deprived OF
Their Legislatives Gratiuties.
HARRISBURG, June lT.-G0vernor
Beaver disposed OF all the bills before
him this evening. Sixteen of them he
disapproved and three he signed. A
mong those vetoed are the following !:
Making an appropriation 20 the Work.
ing Home for blind Men for the erec-
tion of workshop, $37. 500 Veterinary
Hospital, University OF Pennsylvania,
$50, 900; Woman's Hospital. Philadel-
phia, $4,000; Mercy Hospital, Pitts
burg, $S5, 900 Rosine Home, Philadel
phia, $40. 900; Penn Asylum for Indi.
gent Widows and Single Women, S.,
00G; st. Frsnciscus Hospital, Pitts
burg, 20,000; st. Christophsr's Hos
pital for Children. OF Philadelphia. $5,-
900 ; Convalescents' Retreat, Delaware
county, $1,000; Home OF Merciful Saw
iour for Crippled Children, Philadelphia
5000; st. Luke's Hospital. Bethle-
hem, $50, 900: for purchase Of House of
Refuge, S550.000. Total, S77S, 800.
This makes the aggregate of vetoed ap-
propriations about 10000
The Governor disapproved the fol-
lowing bills: Regulating boroughs, auth
oriZing Councils 10 levy and collect Ii
cense tax; TO make provision for the
an nj laf ion inf and niSf rihnt inp
OF information relative to powers and
franchises Of certain corporations a; TO
portect life and property in cities of
the first and second class by preventing
the crossing at grade of streets.
roads and highway by steam railroads
or OF steam railroads by streets, roads aud
highways.
The following bills were approved;
Relating to liens of mechanics, labor.
ers aud others upon leasehold estates.
authorizing mechanics'liens onengines,
derricks, tanks, building machinery
etc. authorizing corporations 10 take
bonds and stocks In exchange for work
done, but not sufficient quantity to
control the purchasing corporation;
constituting the mechanics lien law Of
lS45 to include claims for labor done
in the erection or construction for Il
building, as liens are now allowed for
materials furnished.
Sunday Nights Storm Causes Great
Damage to Crops and Buildings I'm
Lancaster and Berks County.
LANCASTER, Pa, June 20.-Repcrts
coming from the country districts show
that an immense amount OF damage
was caused by .he heavy storm that
visited the county last levenIng. The
storm came from the northeast and
spread over wide territory. The wind
blew hurricane, rain fell In torrents.
and the hail was as large as walnuts.
Lightning and thunder were almost in
cessant in the track OF the storm,
which went through Rapho, East
Hemp6eld, Manor. Mannheim, Lancas-
ter, Pequa, East Lampeter, and other
townships and this city. Tobacco is
cut TO pieces or washed from the
ground. The corn is badly cut, In
some instances only the bare stalks
standing. The grain Is beaten down
and at Sporting Hill the wheat Is cut
off, only stubbles remaining. The
fruit crop is much damaged. fully one
half OF it being cut from the tire es at
some points, and large number of
trees are blown down. Streams we're
swollen to large proportions and many
small bridges were swept away In
one piece of woods near New Danyille
one hundred trees were blown down.
The lightning, too, did It's share OF the
damage. In this city two buildings
were struck, but not badly damaged.
Newton Erb's house, at Rouk's sta
tion, was struck and badly damaged
and Er. Erb who was milking in the
stable, was knocked down. as was the
COW he was milking. Another b0l,
struck st. Johns u. b. Church, near
Soudersburg, damaging 1t considerably.
hut fortunately not setting IL on (ife.
In the city sewer were not large e-
nough TO carry off the immense amour &
o. water, and many cellars were food
ed. The hail did other damage besides
spelling the crops. In this city hun
dreds OF window panPs were broken
in the hot houses and large manufac-
tories, and in Levi Gross farm house,
10 East Temp6eld, only two panes re-
NAMED unbroken.
A Middletown Jewelry Store Robbed
of over one Thousand Dollars Worth
of Goods.
A Middletown paper Of last week
gives the following account Of bold
robbery perpetrated in that place; TIE
most daring robbery in the history Of
Middletown was that of the jewelry
store OF Mr.. E. II. Klahr yester day
morning, the thieves bursting off the
door Cf the huge iron safe and carrying
off the most OF its valuable contents
The thieves knocked In q panel OF the
rear door, thus effecting an entrance.
Holes were dr. illed In the safe and filled
with powder, the cracks plastered with
mud, and shortly afterwards tremen-
dous explosion occurred, blowing the
door of the safe from its hinges shat
tering the skylight windows. and loos-
ening the glass Of the heavy French
plate front. The noise awoke almost
every family residing on the block. DIR.
Charles Pease living next door, hastily
orooa opd lookinu out nf fha window